Almost no progress made on UK regional household income divide in 30 years, report finds

The Resolution Foundation reports that Britain's regional income divide has barely changed in thirty years despite government promises. Measuring household income before housing costs, the gap between the country's richest and poorest areas remains as wide as it was in nineteen ninety-seven. This entrenched inequality now challenges incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham—a problem that has outlasted three decades of reform efforts.

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